{"id":670299,"date":"2026-10-30T22:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T22:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/670299\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T22:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T22:58:10","slug":"book-your-christmas-party-at-dundalk-stadium-handicap-dundalk-racecards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/670299\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Your Christmas Party At Dundalk Stadium Handicap &#8211; Dundalk Racecards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20261030dun203001.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>13\/8<\/p>\n<p>Dual winner for James Horton last year and off the mark at first time of asking for new yard when taking 7-runner handicap over C&amp;D 21 days ago. 7 lb higher now but must enter calculations. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20261030dun203002.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>12\/1<\/p>\n<p>Completed a hat-trick over C&amp;D in March. Largely struggled on turf since but is only 2 lb higher than his last winning mark so must be respected back at this venue. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20261030dun203003.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>8\/1<\/p>\n<p>Ended long losing over longer trip at Clonmel last month and ran to similar level when good fifth of 17 in handicap at Naas (2m, soft, 33\/1) 19 days ago. Should go well again, although drop back in trip may not be ideal. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20261030dun203004.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>10\/1<\/p>\n<p>Opened account for the season with a comfortable success at Down Royal last month and followed up in Roscommon handicap earlier this month. Far from disgraced at Leopardstown since but may be in handicapper&#8217;s grip now. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20261030dun203005.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>3\/1<\/p>\n<p>Opened account at Roscommon in June and acquitted himself well since, finding further improvement when close second of 15 in handicap at Leopardstown (1\u00bcm, good to soft, 11\/2) 12 days ago, clear of rest. Likely contender. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20261030dun203006.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>12\/1<\/p>\n<p>Not scored for some time but made the frame last 2 starts on Flat and arrives on back of career-best effort over hurdles at Gowran. Warrants respect. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20261030dun203007.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>33\/1<\/p>\n<p>Switched to blinkers, bounced back to form returned to more positive tactics when winning 10-runner maiden over C&amp;D in February. Not seen since, though, and has more on his plate back handicapping here. Cheekpieces back on. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20261030dun203008.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>13\/2<\/p>\n<p>Posted personal best when opening his account in 18-runner handicap at Navan (1\u00bem, good, 8\/1) in August. Below that level at Listowel since but remains relatively low mileage. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horse silk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportinglife.com\/images\/silks\/20261030dun203009.png\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>22\/1<\/p>\n<p>Course winner but yet to score this year and others appeal more despite his tumbling mark. Visor on first time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"13\/8 Dual winner for James Horton last year and off the mark at first time of asking for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670300,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-670299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}